Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-14 of 14

Photograph

Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department

Date: 02 14 1985
Description: A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
Photograph

Child in a Shopping Cart

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Child in a shopping cart with a frozen Armour smoked ham.
Photograph

Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
Photograph

Fred Schenk Grocery Store

Date: 1907
Description: Interior of the Fred Schenk grocery store on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. Included in the photograph are Art Ramsey, Matilda Schenk, a...
Photograph

Kraft Cheese Display

Date: 12 08 1933
Description: A Kraft cheese display at the Kroger Store located at 3 Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Kids with Calculator

Date: 05 19 1989
Description: Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator.
Photograph

Furniture Store

Date: 1886
Description: Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The...
Photograph

Grocery Display

Date: 1934
Description: Cans and boxes of Hershey's chocolate products arranged in pyramids on the grocery floor.
Photograph

Fruit on Display

Date: 07 28 1939
Description: Shelves of canned food provide a backdrop for an array of fresh pears, grapes, and plums at the Frank Bros. market.
Photograph

Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
Photograph

Kraft-Phenix Cheese on Display

Date: 1933
Description: A Grocery Convention provides the forum for a display of Kraft food products.
Photograph

Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
Photograph

Soldier and Infant

Date: 
Description: A World War II soldier holds an infant in front of a grocery store.
Postcard

Steamboats in La Crosse Harbor

Date: 1903
Description: Several steamboats in the harbor, with J.J. Hogan Wholesale Grocery store and other buildings along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Steamboats in La Crosse ...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: